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Greg Archer knew that his mother and her siblings had endured horrifying experiences and nearly unbearable conditions when they were children but the professional journalist resisted exploring his family's history. "I wrote an article about it over ten years ago and I always thought, 'I'm going to do more,'" he said. "I hesitated because I had this instinctual sense that I would be reliving a lot of what they went through. But something kept clawing at me." The recent Oak Park resident finally decided he had to research and write about a dark, little-known chapter in history. In the early 1940s, Stalin ordered nearly two million Polish people,...

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Greg Archer knew that his mother and her siblings had endured horrifying experiences and nearly unbearable conditions when they were children but the professional journalist resisted exploring his family's history.
"I wrote an article about it...

The year 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, and the Des Plaines History Center has been combing through its archives for objects and photos to include in its upcoming exhibit, "World War II: Des Plaines and the War against...

"This is the first time in recorded history that superintendents from both districts have taken the stage and shared an update on our schools," said Marcus Campbell, assistant superintendent and principal at Evanston Township High School.
He...

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"Love on Paper" is the animating idea behind a new exhibition at the Newberry Library. As you type that title onto a screen, or read it from a screen, you have to wonder if future such shows are going to be purely historical.
The sentiment we...